is a junction passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan. It is operated by

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(JR Kyushu).

Lines

Shin-Iizuka Station is served by the

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and is located 34.7 km from the starting point of the line at . It is also the western

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of the 13.3 kilometer

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to .

Station layout

The station consists of one

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and one

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connected by an elevated station building. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The privately run Chikuho Kogyo Railway had opened a track from to on 30 August 1891 and after several phases of expansion, the track had reached by 1893. On 1 October 1897, the Chikuho Kogyo Railway, now renamed the Chikuho Railway, merged with the

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japanese Government Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway ...

which undertook further expansion so that the track had reached Nagao (now by 1901. On 15 June 1902, Shin-Iizuka was opened with the name as an additional station on the track for freight only. After the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907,

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(JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, the station became part of the Chikuho Main Line. On 10 May 1920, JGR upgraded Yoshio to a general station for both freight and passenger traffic. On 1 February 1935, the name of the station was changed to Shin-Iizuka. With the privatization of

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(JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by a daily average of 2994 boarding passengers, making it the 54th busiest station on the JR Kyushu network.。

Surrounding area

*Iizuka City Hall *Fukuoka Prefecture Iizuka General Government Building *Kindai University Faculty of Industrial Science and Engineering *Kinki University Fukuoka High School *Iizuka Hospital

References

External links

* Railway stations in Fukuoka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902 Iizuka, Fukuoka {{Fukuoka-railstation-stub